The OpenWebSearch.EU project aims to strengthen Europe's digital independence. With the launch of the Open Web Index (OWI), it has reached a milestone for open internet search.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/41599289

Search engines determine what information we find – and what we don’t. Those who control the infrastructure of web search influence public debates, democratic processes and economic developments. Currently, this power lies with a few US companies.

The EU project OpenWebSearch.EU, coordinated by the University of Passau, has set itself the ambitious goal of changing this. A key milestone has now been reached: the European research team has launched the Open Web Index (OWI) – an open, European web index that serves as the basis for alternative search technologies.

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